eclectechMar 7

I've been thinking about Tiny Balancing Sheep (TBS) & how my liking for them highlights one of the things I dislike about AI art (bear with me here).

I was on the lookout for an opportunity to snap myself a TBS this week. I failed (I will persevere).

But I could MAKE one really easily. I have loads of suitable photos & am a dab hand at editing.

But it would be lacking ALL the joy of finding a TBS & that's where all the value of the photo lies. It's the process.

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#TinyBalancingSheep #AI

Show threadeclectechMar 7

Obviously someone editing photos to make them into something else is different to creating an image with prompts to an AI & is a thing I am quite happy with generally. There is a human process there. But there would be no point in replicating a TBS by editing. You miss the experience at its core. A TBS by any means other than finding one in the wild is not really a TBS.

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Show threadeclectechMar 7

Anyhow, appreciate I'm preaching to the converted here, but I just wanted to make the point that AI art isn't art via the medium of Tiny Balancing Sheep.

As you were.

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Show threadeclectechMar 7

Dammit.

I have a problem leaving a thread without an image.

Sorry.

*giggles*

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Show threadL'égrégore André ꕭꕬMar 8
@eclectech Mulling it over for a while I think someone prompting an AI TBS would be missing the point of discovery in the same way that prompting AI music misses the point of creation.
I'm not sure if it's that they want to arrive at an imagined endpoint ("a TBS image" / "a song") without putting in any effort or if they believe the point is the reaction from the group they want to be their peers, but I'm very sure they don't realize why others discard it as, well, fake for lack of better word.
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@Mabande Oh, I'd not thought about that, but it feels horribly believable that the point of it isn't even the "thing" but the reaction to it. That's quite sad.
Mar 9 at 8:25pmWeb
Show threadL'égrégore André ꕭꕬMar 9
@eclectech Yea, they're never gonna fill that void.